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Lord of Serpa

Fernando, Lord of Serpa

Fernando, Lord of Serpa

Key facts

date of birth1218
date of deathJanuary 19, 1246
place of birthSantarém
place of deathKingdom of Portugal
spouseSancha de Lara
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Born
1218Santarém
Died
19 January 1246(aged 29)Kingdom of Portugal
Spouse
Sancha Fernández de Lara
Issue
Sancho Fernandes de Serpa
House
Portuguese House of Burgundy
Father
Afonso II of Portugal
Mother
Urraca of Castile

Infante Fernando of Portugal (Portuguese pronunciation:), or Ferdinand in English, was a Portuguese infante (prince), son of King Afonso II of Portugal and his wife Urraca of Castile, daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castile.

Fernando was born in 1218 and was made Lord of Serpa in 1232. It is known that he travelled to Rome in 1237 to beg for a pardon from Pope Gregory IX for his violence against certain clerics. He died on 19 January 1246.

Marriage and offspring

He married Sancha Fernández de Lara, daughter of Fernando Núñez de Lara and wife Mayor González, without any documented issue.

He had, however, a bastard son by an unknown woman named Sancho Fernandes de Serpa, who was a Prior at Santo Estevão de Alfama.

Coat of arms

In a study from the Spanish historian Faustino Menéndez-Pidal de Navascués, the infante Fernando should have used a Coat of Arms representing a Wyvern (Serpe in Portuguese), the symbol of his Lordship of Serpa, in south Alentejo, with a border where, alternately, are represented the arms of Portugal (paternal ancestry) and those of Castile (maternal ancestry).

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